Bad Luck

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Liner Notes

I wanted to make something dark and have a fellow FAWMer rap on the track, and @faceofeinstein stepped up to the plate in pretty serious fashion. Little did I know I had a verse in me too.

Apologies for the explicit lyrics, that's on me.

Lyrics

[Saumera]:
I give em hell from the balcony
Cuz I'm high in the Mezz
I said relax, and no commotion
While I hide from the Feds

Got too high on my meds
The shit I like is intense
I jumped off the roof with Rudolph
To the white picket fence

The two-toned lawn beyond
Manicured to the 9s
and I ain't seen the likes
Since I turned 85.

I strive for excellence so
call me "Your Excellency"
It's a nice thought to have
in a spiraling spree

I ain't found a wagon with
no way to fall off of it
I ain't found sheets for
when I'm shitting the bed

I ain't found a coffin
That'll cover my coughing fit and
I ain't got a lotta time.

I met a static person, he's
Electric and frantic and manic, and
His metastatic status
pattern erratic

As a hatter, but madder
But then here stops the buck
He and I share the same thing:
It's bad luck.

[Face of Einstein]:
another day and something just doesn't feel right
my knees are shaking
feels like I threw up and I still might
search around the room
Looking for some kind of clue
This feeling I can't shake
Like there's something I'm supposed to do

holding onto my shit by a thread
Trying to focus on the warnings
That are running through my head
Like

Keep your head up
Make sure its on a swivel
My mind is running circles
But it's frighteningly brittle
So I

take a step and I reach for the door
Have this feeling in my chest
like I had been here before
The hallway is dark
Even darker than the room
And I can feel the presence
Of some kind of hovering doom
So I

Try to run but I can't
Feel a force pulling back
it knocks me down but I stand
take my life in my hands
I'll survive if I can
This wasn't part of the plan
This situation might be testing whether I am a man

Look back and my suspicions are verified
Try to keep it together
But to be honest I'm terrified
This creepy little black cloud
Perched on my shoulder
It gets a little heavier
The more I get older
The more that I ignore it
yo it only gets stronger
don't know if I can keep it all in check for much longer

It starts it's take over
I've given up, let it in
The darkness has to grow
And this is how it begins
Sooner or later it starts to take over your brain
Until there's nothing left
A shred of a person that remains
Not just confused but in chains
No happiness left to gain
Just left with sadness and madness
And here we are once again
Replace the sadness with pain
Replacing sunshine with rain
Welcome to the mind of a man
Who's going completely insane

Ah yeah, this is sweet. Once again, the mix of orchestra of electro sounds is a right ol' treat. It was working just fine as an instrumental, but the rapping is great - Saumera you sound a bit like Tyler, the creator!

@faceofeinstein apologies if I got any of the lyrics wrong, I just posted the first draft you sent me and I haven't checked if any of the lines changed. If you have the ability to edit feel free, otherwise let me know and I can correct it.